Rocket Man by David Darling
Accessible and entertaining.“A consummate collection of tales of the fearless and the fecklessDarling treats his subject with an authority tempered by the gentle humour that is the mark of a great story-teller.”
-- Justin Pollard, author of The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed‘David Darling has cleverly avoided wheeling out all the old familiar names… a rollicking, rip-roaring tale. 4 stars.’
* Popular Science *“Gripping… dazzling tales of madness and derring do.”
-- Brian Clegg, author of Inflight Science“A hugely enjoyable roller-coaster aerial ride in the company of oddballs and heroes, complete with vertiginous frights, dances of death, lonely impulses of delight and acts of mindless masochism in the name of science.”
-- Jonathan Glancey, author of Spitfire: The Biography"Gripping... dazzling tales of madness and derring-do."
* Brian Clegg, author of Inflight Science *"A hugely enjoyable roller-coaster aerial ride in the company of oddballs and heroes, complete with acts of mindless msochism in the name of science."
* Jonathan Clancy, author of Spitfire: The Biography *“Impressive.”
“A mix of good old-fashioned silliness and some fine science writing.”
* BBC Focus *David Darling is a science writer and astronomer. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Equations of Eternity, and the popular online resource The Worlds of David Darling. With Dirk Schulze-Makuch he wrote Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End. He lives in Dundee, Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780742977 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780742975 |
| Title | Rocket Man |
| Author | David Darling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oneworld Publications |
| Year published | 2013-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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